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>> reporter: chris christie is known for candor. he doesn't give a damn about politic, not what he cares about right now. this kind of candor's generally served mitt romney well since christie's softened romney in certain times, humanized him in other times. the candor may have helped the president. listen to what christie told nbc this morning. >> on the phone at midnight last night with the president personally. he hasek pedestriexpedited new disaster area. i was on the phone with fema 2:00 a.m. to answer questions they needed answered to get that designation. and the president has been outstanding in this. >> reporter: now it's not like new jersey's a battleground state but to have a high-profile republican praise the president and the federal response, that can't be going over well, at least that well, with romney headquarters in boston now. >> a week before the day that everybody goes out to vote. just the october surprise that nobody could ever suspect or imagine. dana, thank you. appreciate it. >>> super storm sandy wreaking
>> reporter: chris christie is known for candor. he doesn't give a damn about politic, not what he cares about right now. this kind of candor's generally served mitt romney well since christie's softened romney in certain times, humanized him in other times. the candor may have helped the president. listen to what christie told nbc this morning. >> on the phone at midnight last night with the president personally. he hasek pedestriexpedited new disaster area. i was on the phone with...
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new jersey governor chris christie said he is sfointed with atlantic city mayor for disregarding evacuation orders. sandy even took out part of atlantic city's famed boardwalk. >>> many along the coast battered by sandy are waking up to a massive cleanup effort. erica gonzalez is live in rehoboth beach with more. erica, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, eun. good morning. it's a very different morning for us today. i don't know what to tell you which was worse. yesterday we were getting slapped around by the wind and by the rain, but we were in the 50s. although we had gusts of 45, 50 miles an hour, with the rain and the sand, it felt awful. this morning it is blistering cold out here. i've got on gloves. when someone tells you to pack for a hurricane, you don't think of packing long johns and ear mu muffs. it is freezing out here. i want you to take a look. irene was easy. bring on sandy. minimal damage on rehoboth avenue and even along the boardwalk. you're seeing some debris, sandbags here. honestly, this town, this city was expecting a whole lot worse. i think a lot of people were.
new jersey governor chris christie said he is sfointed with atlantic city mayor for disregarding evacuation orders. sandy even took out part of atlantic city's famed boardwalk. >>> many along the coast battered by sandy are waking up to a massive cleanup effort. erica gonzalez is live in rehoboth beach with more. erica, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, eun. good morning. it's a very different morning for us today. i don't know what to tell you which was worse. yesterday we...
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we are jumping in because we want to hear from governor chris christie who is speaking now the. >> 24 hours and what they'll have to contend with over the coming days, weeks and months. i'll first say to all of you, especially those out there who are facing loss, devastation and a heartbreaking reality that your home may be gone, we are with you. we have a long road ahead of us but i have complete confidence we are going to come out of this better and stronger than before. this state is too tough to give in to this type of devastation, and we in the government will be here to work with you to have new jersey completely recover. i've spoken with president obama several times. last time was at midnight last night. he assured me that we would have an expedited process with fema, get whatever assistance we needed. he moved an expedited process this morning by declaring new jersey a major disaster area. the eight counties that are receiving an medek louisiana ratioand immediate individual, atlantic, cape may, hudson, excess. middle south momoth, ocean and union. note this list is not final
we are jumping in because we want to hear from governor chris christie who is speaking now the. >> 24 hours and what they'll have to contend with over the coming days, weeks and months. i'll first say to all of you, especially those out there who are facing loss, devastation and a heartbreaking reality that your home may be gone, we are with you. we have a long road ahead of us but i have complete confidence we are going to come out of this better and stronger than before. this state is...
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. >>> we're joined by governor chris christie of new jersey. give us the latest on the situation in bergen county. >> we're in the midst to do the rescues. it was not a dam or a levee. it was just a berm. the tidal surge that came up the bay and newark bay, caused that to overflow. obviously, we have lots of people waiting to be reese cscu. that rescue started during the night. >> what's your biggest concern across the state right now? >> it's hard to tell. we haven't had daylight to assess all of the damage. we have a battered jersey shore. we have cities without power because of flooding at the newark bay area. we have 2.4 million people without power across the state. this is a major disaster. we're trying to save as many lives as possible. with an urban search and rescue teams on the shore and in berten county. we have over 200 state roads closed. this is a significant storm. >> we've seen the boardwalk sustaining so much damage. >> we ordered the evacuation of atlantic city and the barrier islands. the jersey shore took a beating. that's w
. >>> we're joined by governor chris christie of new jersey. give us the latest on the situation in bergen county. >> we're in the midst to do the rescues. it was not a dam or a levee. it was just a berm. the tidal surge that came up the bay and newark bay, caused that to overflow. obviously, we have lots of people waiting to be reese cscu. that rescue started during the night. >> what's your biggest concern across the state right now? >> it's hard to tell. we haven't...
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this morning on "morning joe" new jersey governor chris christie made some very, very dire assessments to what he expects the damage will be in atlantic city and on the jersey shore. take a listen. >> i think what we'll find, unfortunately, when we get to the jersey shore today is total devastation. and that's the real concern. because not only is it people's homes and private property but also you have the tourism industry in new jersey which is one of our biggest industries. we're going to have to work hard to make sure we're ready for next summer at the jersey shore. >> reporter: now, of course, the casino industry the biggest industry in atlantic city. those 12 flagship casinos have been closed throughout the week. they cost about $50 million in lost revenue during irene and the expectation was that because the season was a little bit softer, maybe it wouldn't be as bad. now it's clear that even though as christie called it the damage is incalculable right now it will be much steeper than irene. hopefully we'll get more from christie later. a few other buzz words, search and rescue
this morning on "morning joe" new jersey governor chris christie made some very, very dire assessments to what he expects the damage will be in atlantic city and on the jersey shore. take a listen. >> i think what we'll find, unfortunately, when we get to the jersey shore today is total devastation. and that's the real concern. because not only is it people's homes and private property but also you have the tourism industry in new jersey which is one of our biggest industries....
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. >> reporter: to anyone else on the barrier island, governor chris christie offered little hope. >> this is now your responsibility. if you're still able to hear me, we need you to hunker down and get to the highest point possible. >> reporter: this superstorm wreaked havoc from connecticut to new york, stretching out more than 700 miles. strong winds at times over 80 miles an hour tore down trees and power lines. at least two homes in connecticut were destroyed by fire. and in queens another fire damaged more than 50 homes. several people have died because of sandy and millions have no power. across the nation, more than 12,000 flights have been cancelled. southwest virginia, parts of tennessee and the north carolina mountains are all facing a winter storm warning through wednesday morning. this storm that could impact 60 million people isn't finished yet. another potentially dire situation north of us in northern new jersey where there are emergency evacuations under way for three towns that were hit by a sudden surge of water late last night. a couple thousand people needing resc
. >> reporter: to anyone else on the barrier island, governor chris christie offered little hope. >> this is now your responsibility. if you're still able to hear me, we need you to hunker down and get to the highest point possible. >> reporter: this superstorm wreaked havoc from connecticut to new york, stretching out more than 700 miles. strong winds at times over 80 miles an hour tore down trees and power lines. at least two homes in connecticut were destroyed by fire. and...
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we heard new jersey governor chris christie say yesterday the jersey shore of my youth is no more. al mentioned seaside heights. that's where nbc's lester holt is for us this morning. what are you seeing today? >> reporter: i'm in point pleasa beach not far away but seeing lots of what al is seeing, lots and lots of damage. this is some of what president obama will likely see on his tour here today. i'm standing at a restaurant in a beachside motel, and i'm standing in sand. it's got to be three or four feet, think about it. this is the breakfast counter right here. on a typical morning like this people would be in here enjoying a cup of coffee, breakfast, maybe watching you guys on tv and checking out the view. by the way, i stayed at this hotel last night, breakfast not included and certainly not power either, but the bed was comfortable. let me show you out here. the sand was swept in by the surge. it goes in block after block after block here. there are homes, vacation homes. there are year-rouyn residents that live here, condos. i found it interesting. this clock up here is on
we heard new jersey governor chris christie say yesterday the jersey shore of my youth is no more. al mentioned seaside heights. that's where nbc's lester holt is for us this morning. what are you seeing today? >> reporter: i'm in point pleasa beach not far away but seeing lots of what al is seeing, lots and lots of damage. this is some of what president obama will likely see on his tour here today. i'm standing at a restaurant in a beachside motel, and i'm standing in sand. it's got to...
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christie, and heard are the general honore, and admiral earlier. this storm -- and the guy who is f flying in the middle of the hurricane right now, it is a massive storm. >> 500 miles in diameter and about the size of california. huge storm system. >> it is going to impact the northeast part tof the united states somewhere and make landfall and impact a huge section of the northeastern seaboard and that is the projected path there. and don't forget there is a presidential election coming up shortly, and not even that, next tuesday, and the early voting that is supposed to go on that won't happen, because they are going to be shut down, and governments shutdown. >> yes, a lot of factors in play. a lot to kocover thkovcover tod. this is sent from one of our ireporters from massachusetts, cape cod, massachusetts, and we want to go to talk to joni corcor corcoran. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well so far. >> how are you preparing for the storm, because you were out on the beach earlier, and how are you guys preparing? >> well, we spent yesterday an
christie, and heard are the general honore, and admiral earlier. this storm -- and the guy who is f flying in the middle of the hurricane right now, it is a massive storm. >> 500 miles in diameter and about the size of california. huge storm system. >> it is going to impact the northeast part tof the united states somewhere and make landfall and impact a huge section of the northeastern seaboard and that is the projected path there. and don't forget there is a presidential election...
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now in new jersey, governor chris christie has imposed an odd-even. >>> if you're license plate ends in an odd number you can get gas on an odd day. if it ends in an even number, you get gas on an even day. we reported tempers flairing at the pump. fights breaking out over folks trying to cut in line. here in new york, the governor, andrew cuomo, but together five emergency mobile fueling stations. this is one of them. folks can come out here and get ten gallons of gas for free, but if you see behind me, it's miles and miles. it doesn't matter if you're walking, with a can, or if you rearview mirror got your car. we ran into one guy who has to push his car. he has been in line for four hours. >> what's going on, out of gas already? >> yeah. i've been here since quarter to ten this morning. they said the truck was at 1:00. i decided to wait on line. i don't know what time it is now. but i've been here ever since. >> this is the light at the end of the tunnel. the oasis in the sun, the armory where national guardsmen are filling tanks. the man in charge, captain ryan abbott. how is eve
now in new jersey, governor chris christie has imposed an odd-even. >>> if you're license plate ends in an odd number you can get gas on an odd day. if it ends in an even number, you get gas on an even day. we reported tempers flairing at the pump. fights breaking out over folks trying to cut in line. here in new york, the governor, andrew cuomo, but together five emergency mobile fueling stations. this is one of them. folks can come out here and get ten gallons of gas for free, but if...
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president obama yesterday spent the afternoon with new jersey governor chris christi touring the damage across the state's coast left from hurricane sandy after surveying some of the wreckage and speaking with victims of the storm. both men spoke briefly about the coordination efforts between federal and local officials. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you-all for coming today. i want to thank the members who are here as well. i want to thank the president. we spent significant afternoon together surveying the damage up and down the new jersey coastline. we were on marine one together, to show the president that personally. we had an opportunity to discuss it at length. then going over to the shelter here, to be able to meet with folks, have them see the president and his concern. the concern all of us have for making sure that things get back to normal as quickly as possible. we have lots of challenges. our challenge now is to get back to normalcy. the things we need to do is make sure we get power restored as quickly as possible. make sure people have clean drinking water and wast
president obama yesterday spent the afternoon with new jersey governor chris christi touring the damage across the state's coast left from hurricane sandy after surveying some of the wreckage and speaking with victims of the storm. both men spoke briefly about the coordination efforts between federal and local officials. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you-all for coming today. i want to thank the members who are here as well. i want to thank the president. we spent significant...
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governor chris christie and president obama have been strategizing together on the clean-up. and joe biden is using his teeth to illuminate hoboken. >>> charlie rose with gayle king, norah o'donnell is in washington. >>> conditions are slowly getting better after superstorm sandy but not fast enough for its victims. at least 92 people have died because of sandy. 3.8 million utility customers still have no power. that is less than half of the outages at the peak of the storm. >> the homeland security secretary today is visiting new york's staten island where storm victims say they've been ignored. this morning drivers are waiting in long lines to get into manhattan and waiting in long lines elsewhere just to get gas. on new york's long island, the town of long beach was very hard hit. sandy eroded the barrier island sea shore and sent water into streets. seth doane is telling us what this community is facing this morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning to you, gayle. 600,000 people on long island, without power. down from a million without power in the afterma
governor chris christie and president obama have been strategizing together on the clean-up. and joe biden is using his teeth to illuminate hoboken. >>> charlie rose with gayle king, norah o'donnell is in washington. >>> conditions are slowly getting better after superstorm sandy but not fast enough for its victims. at least 92 people have died because of sandy. 3.8 million utility customers still have no power. that is less than half of the outages at the peak of the storm....
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atlantic city, the situation was incredibly desire and last night governor chris christie made harsh words about those who chose not to evacuate. and saying the mayor had gone rogue and heeded people that can't need to heed. christie saying if you were stranded in atlantic city, you had to wait until daylight to be rescued. they just could not send emergency responders. and you can tell by the fact that even two dozen people who were at shelters had to be evacuated from the shelters because the flooding and the situation there got so bad. now of course overall, we'll have to wait until daylight for the damage lear to be assessed. we have high tide in just a few more hours which could possess more flooding risk, but people think the swors ovworst is over. >> we're glad you're still safe there. 8:37 is high tide and that is expected to bring more concerns about flooding. we'll check back in with her later this morning. the new york stock exchange and nasdaq will both be completely shut down for a second day in a row. the bond markets are closed today, as well. futures are continuing to
atlantic city, the situation was incredibly desire and last night governor chris christie made harsh words about those who chose not to evacuate. and saying the mayor had gone rogue and heeded people that can't need to heed. christie saying if you were stranded in atlantic city, you had to wait until daylight to be rescued. they just could not send emergency responders. and you can tell by the fact that even two dozen people who were at shelters had to be evacuated from the shelters because the...
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we saw the president, those dramatic pictures with chris christie, someone he normally doesn't agree with, a democrat and a republican coming together in new jersey a couple of days back to show their support for the people there. but the key here obviously it's one thing to have those kind of events, it's one of those things for people to come together to have conference calls to communicate, but the key is will the federal government really be helping people on the ground in these states and local governments to make sure as we see these desperate pictures of people, people freezing, going into dumpsters to get food, is in fact the response helping get to them? and once the politicians leave the photo ops, once the tv cameras leave the scene is that response really happening? that is going to be one of the big questions in the days ahead, martha. martha: you're so right about that. one of the questions that comes to mind for me is will we expect another briefing from the president, you know, on what he's been updated on and what the red cross efforts are and what the fema efforts a
we saw the president, those dramatic pictures with chris christie, someone he normally doesn't agree with, a democrat and a republican coming together in new jersey a couple of days back to show their support for the people there. but the key here obviously it's one thing to have those kind of events, it's one of those things for people to come together to have conference calls to communicate, but the key is will the federal government really be helping people on the ground in these states and...
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so, governor chris christie has actually said, hey, for the first time, we can buy gasoline from out of state to try to help this supply situation, but damage done for the most part. we tried to track down a gas station. had to go to 145th street, by the time we got there, we were almost out of gas. lines a half mile to a mile long. here's what it looked and sounded like yesterday in upper manhattan. >> i got to make three trips to this gas station. >> got to fill it up three times. >> just to go home. >> and still might not make it. >> any other gas station with gas? >> no other gas station with gas. >> i'm broke down. i can't get out. no gas. >> so there you go. cars are stranded on the roadways and may very well limit the number of cars that can be coming over this bridge. the brooklyn bridge, this blockade set up because if you have less than three people in your car they turn you around and ship you back to brooklyn. there will be a lot of foot traffic as there was yesterday. just one more thing, soledad, is the gas. and it's turning out to be a very, very big deal. >> huge deal
so, governor chris christie has actually said, hey, for the first time, we can buy gasoline from out of state to try to help this supply situation, but damage done for the most part. we tried to track down a gas station. had to go to 145th street, by the time we got there, we were almost out of gas. lines a half mile to a mile long. here's what it looked and sounded like yesterday in upper manhattan. >> i got to make three trips to this gas station. >> got to fill it up three times....
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chris christie is the governor of that state of new jersey. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> you guys took a direct hit, and i know you'll probably not know the extent of the damage until daylight and you get to see the areas by ground and by air, but based on the reports you've been getting overnight, what's the state of your state? >> it's a major disaster, matt. we have over 2.4 million people without power across the state. we've had flooding in the raritan bay and newark area. the city of newark is 95% without power due to substation flooding. all that came from the tidal surge that came up from the storm through raritan bay and newark bay, the same thing you see affecting new york city, and we have a battered, battered new jersey shore that i hope to tour a little bit later on today, but i think the losses are going to be almost incalculable. >> yeah. i was watching reports all afternoon and evening, governor, from long branch and point pleasant beach and atlantic city, and do you have a lot of people that you think you're
chris christie is the governor of that state of new jersey. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> you guys took a direct hit, and i know you'll probably not know the extent of the damage until daylight and you get to see the areas by ground and by air, but based on the reports you've been getting overnight, what's the state of your state? >> it's a major disaster, matt. we have over 2.4 million people without power across the state. we've had flooding in the raritan...
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christie and bob mcdonnell. the president will be in the situation room dealing with fema and that fallout. this is the october surprise but we don't know what it all means in eight days. savannah? >> chuck todd, thank you. joe scarborough and mika are hosts of "morning joe." >> one thing we do know, bill clinton is going to be very nervous about having to fill all that space by himself today without barack obama. he's going to do great in orlando, obviously. but mitt romney had momentum. you look at ohio, ohio poll that came out, had him dead locked. minnesota poll, three. gets the endorsement from "des moines register." in that state that's a big deal. this is mitt romney's best weekend and it stops. the momentum stops. you don't know how it freezes the race but you certainly know that it's a new dynamic into the race and it changes everything with a week to go. >> the question is how. a lot of people have different theories which candidate it benefits. ate moment for the president to be commander-in-chief, to
christie and bob mcdonnell. the president will be in the situation room dealing with fema and that fallout. this is the october surprise but we don't know what it all means in eight days. savannah? >> chuck todd, thank you. joe scarborough and mika are hosts of "morning joe." >> one thing we do know, bill clinton is going to be very nervous about having to fill all that space by himself today without barack obama. he's going to do great in orlando, obviously. but mitt...
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governor chris christie. president obama. and when we are fortunate enough to see the president-elected to that second term, that group needs to take this agenda to congress and pass it within 100 days. lead, gentlemen! lead! and we, you and i, need to pressure them to do it. the hurricane has forced the issue. now it is up to us to take action on it for the good of the nation. joining me now via skype is james west editor of climate desk who has been reporting on the aftermath of the storm. james is coming to us from the ground in new york and for the latest, he's going to tell us what's going on. thanks so much for joining us in "the war room" tonight james. >> governor, great to be here. >> jennifer: all right. so you have toured -- let me get to the basics here and get some information out to our viewers. you've toured some of the most devastated areas like breezy point in queens and you also filmed that video that we just saw of the gas station in brooklyn. can you tell us what does it look like on the ground now? >> thi
governor chris christie. president obama. and when we are fortunate enough to see the president-elected to that second term, that group needs to take this agenda to congress and pass it within 100 days. lead, gentlemen! lead! and we, you and i, need to pressure them to do it. the hurricane has forced the issue. now it is up to us to take action on it for the good of the nation. joining me now via skype is james west editor of climate desk who has been reporting on the aftermath of the storm....